Vito J. Borrello |
 Since 1995, Vito J. Borrello has served as President of EPIC – Every Person Influences Children. EPIC is a national prevention program which has been implemented in 16 states that helps parents, teachers, and community members raise children to become responsible and capable adults. EPIC has offices in New Jersey, through a licensing relationship with Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey and New York State, where EPIC now has five regional offices and eight Parent Centers, including its Wilson National Center for Parenting and Character Education in Buffalo.
Borrello’s focus has been developing strong partnerships with the public and private sectors regionally and nationally, in order to elevate the importance of parenting and character development. Nationally, Borrello serves as an at-large Board Member for National PTA, as a member of the National Working Group for Family, School and Community Engagement, Steering Committee member for the National Coalition of PIRCs (Parental Information Resource Centers), and a member of United Voices in Education (UVE). Regionally, he is a Board member with New York State PTA, Chairman for the Care Management Coalition of Western New York, Steering Committee member for New York State Parenting Education Partnership, and a Board Member for Buffalo’s Read to Succeed literacy initiative. He also serves on the New York Child Action Network (NYCAN) and its 0-5 Committee. He is a 2009 graduate of the Community Health Foundation Fellowship program and a 1998 graduate of Leadership Buffalo. Borrello has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Wittenberg University and resides in East Amherst, New York with his wife, Maria, and daughters, Marisa, and Samantha. |